Diplomat
Background
Proficiencies & Equipment
- Skill Proficiencies:
- Insight, Persuasion
- Tool Proficiencies:
- No additional tool proficiencies
- Languages:
- Two of your choice
- Equipment:
- A set of fine clothes, a letter of passage from a local minor authority or traveling papers that signify you as a traveling diplomat, and a belt pouch containing 20 gp
Description
You have always found harmonious solutions to conflict. You might have started mediating family conflicts as a child. When you were old enough to recognize aggression, you sought to defuse it. You often resolved disputes among neighbors, arriving at a fair middle ground satisfactory to all parties.
Features
A Friend in Every Port.
Your reputation as a peacemaker precedes you, or people recognize your easy demeanor, typically allowing you to attain food and lodging at a discount. In addition, people are predisposed to warn you about dangers in a location, alert you when a threat approaches you, or seek out your help for resolving conflicts between locals.
Suggested Characteristics
Overview
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I like to travel, meet new people, and learn about different customs. |
| 2 | I intercede in minor squabbles to find common ground on all sides. |
| 3 | I never disparage others, even when they might deserve such treatment. |
| 4 | I always try to make a new friend wherever I travel, and when I return to those areas, I seek out my friends. |
| 5 | I have learned how to damn with faint praise, but I only use it when someone has irked me. |
| 6 | I am not opposed to throwing a bit of coin around to ensure a good first impression. |
| 7 | Even when words fail at the outset, I still try to calm tempers. |
| 8 | I treat everyone as an equal, and I encourage others to do likewise. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Unity.
| d8 |
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